Chapter 346： Throw shoes at him!

"Of course not!" Louis laughed, and soon hesitated again, saying: "Brokeback Mountain will indeed fail, but just for this, isn't it worth offending Smith?"

"No!" Monroe said in a very confident tone: "Smith's rise is too fast, and he is of the yellow race. After all, he is not the same as us. There is an old Chinese saying that people who are not my race must have different hearts! I I think many people will be happy to see the failure of Smith Zhang. I believe that as long as you make a little call, countless people will respond! Isn't it?"

Under normal circumstances, Louis would never have believed Monroe's words so easily, but when he thought of homosexuality, he recalled the painful experience back then. The experience of being almost forced to pick up soap was Louis' eternal nightmare.

Personal emotions come from thinking of Louis to make a correct judgment.

In this way, under the guidance of Monroe step by step, Louis went to the road of no return against Zhang Dongcheng.

"Hey! Monroe, what are you thinking?" Lewis' words brought Monroe back from the memory.

"Oh! No! It's nothing. I was just thinking, when Smith became the target of public criticism, how would he, a legendary director, face it?" Monroe said maliciously in his tone.

"Haha..." Louis laughed. "Okay, buddy, now is not the time to think about these things, our top priority now is to solve the troubles below!"

"Okay." Monroe nodded, and said respectfully to Louis: "Then, boss, I will invite the major media first. How about holding an emergency press conference later?"

"Well, let's go!" Louis leaned on the boss's chair, thinking in his mind.

Zhang Dongcheng, who didn't know all this at all, didn't pay much attention to Louis at all.

The excellence of Brokeback Mountain is beyond doubt. Even though it was boycotted by more than 60,000 people at the Oscars in 2006, it still won the Best Director Award, the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, multiple awards at the American Golden Globe Awards, and British film and TV awards. Multiple awards from the Academy of Arts Awards.

It can be said that it was Brokeback Mountain that made Ang Lee's hand soft when he won the award.

Before Louis held a press conference, Zhang Dongcheng and Adaman were gloating in the villa.

"Hahaha... This Louis is really asking for a dead end!" Adaman excitedly slapped the table!

Never before had he felt so relieved. What happened to Louis, there are only two words in Adaman's heart, that is, he deserved it!

"Okay, Adaman, pay attention to your image. Don't forget, you are now a high-level executive of Dongcheng Pictures!" Although Zhang Dongcheng was smiling, he pretended to be serious and taught Adaman a lesson.

"Come on!" Adaman raised a **** at Zhang Dongcheng, and said, "Before you teach me a lesson, you should first get rid of your wicked thoughts! Haha..."

"Smith, Adaman, let's drink coffee!" Rachel was wearing an apron, like a housewife, and brought the steaming hot coffee to the two of them.

"Thank you, Rachel!" Adaman took the coffee, took a sip, and said, "Wow, it's great. I can't imagine that this **** Smith has such good luck."

The pun made Rachel blush a little.

Zhang Dongcheng's face is quite thick, he hugged Rachel indifferently, kissed her delicate cheek lightly, and said: "It's not luck, it's because I'm so good, like a dark night It's as bright as the fireflies in the movie! Rachel fell in love with me because she saw my excellence!"

This excerpt from the joke made by Master Xing made Lingling paint, which made Adaman burst into laughter.

Although many jokes are artificially divided into American humor and British humor... But in the final analysis, the human sense of humor is always the same.

It’s like a person who has never been abroad and doesn’t even know a thing about English, let him watch Mr. Bean, and he can still laugh.

At this moment, Adaman was overjoyed by Zhang Dongcheng.

After all, Rachel is not as thick-skinned as Zhang Dongcheng, she gave him a flushed look, and said, "I'll go see if the desserts are ready in the kitchen. Let's chat!"

As soon as the voice fell, Rachel left the living room as if fleeing.

After watching Rachel leave, Zhang Dongcheng changed the subject and said, "Adaman, how is the box office performance?"

When it comes to the box office, Adaman's face is a little ugly.

Compared with Zhang Dongcheng's previous films, Brokeback Mountain's performance is too poor. Of course, this is only for Zhang Dongcheng. If it were a different director, he would have been insanely happy to have such a box office result.

It seems that in 2005, Ang Lee admitted that Brokeback Mountain made more money than all his previous movies. It can be seen that the box office performance of Brokeback Mountain is still quite good.

In this movie, the investment of Dongcheng Pictures is higher than that of Ang Lee's movie in 2005, and the cost is higher, more than 15 million US dollars.

It has been released for a week now, and the box office has already exceeded 13 million. Judging from such results, not only can the cost be recovered when painting, but it is also certain to make a lot of money.

This is also because I am used to eating big fish and meat, and suddenly changed to simple food. Unless I am enjoying life, no one will feel that their grades are not good.

Adaman is the case now.

"If you look at the normal budget and box office, Brokeback Mountain's performance is very good. But compared with your previous films, it's not so good!" Adaman put down his coffee cup and said.

Hearing this, Zhang Dongcheng took out a cigarette with a smile on his face, handed it to Adaman, then lit one on his own, and said while smoking, "Adaman, I remember I told you before, I never thought about how much money Brokeback Mountain could earn. This movie is what I used to hit the Oscars!"

"Smith! Even though that's the case." Adaman hesitated, and finally blurted out, "Even at your current age, even if you shoot a movie like Brokeback Mountain, I don't think the possibility of winning an Oscar is too high. of!"

Zhang Dongcheng smiled confidently, shook his head, and said, "I don't think so!"

After flicking the soot, Zhang Dongcheng continued: "Adaman, I have been nominated several times before, including a few unimportant statuettes. From this point of view, Brokeback Mountain is very likely to make my wish come true. It won an Oscar. But it's a pity that the controversy of this movie is a little bit bigger!"

Adaman rolled his eyes when he heard the words. Where is it a little bigger? This is to detonate the entire United States, okay? Didn't you see how many people are now boycotting Brokeback Mountain? How many people are against Brokeback Mountain?

It can be said that Zhang Dongcheng’s Broken Arm Mountain almost messed up half of the United States. When the demonstration crowd was just rising, Patricia also joked that Zhang Dongcheng was a foreign spy who deliberately disrupted the normal social order in the United States.

At least, since his first movie in the United States, he has made a huge parade. Even the U.S. government dare not persuade them, and can only exclude the police to maintain order.

The Matrix in the second part and the subsequent secret war were a little bit better, at least there were no large-scale mass incidents.

It's Brokeback Mountain, but it's like a bomb. Even those conservative forces and groups in the west and central China were alarmed by him. From this point of view, Patricia really did not wrong him!

While the two were chatting, the screen on the TV in the living room suddenly jumped.

"Dear viewers, in view of Mr. Lewis' remarks yesterday, which caused a sit-in by Brokeback Mountain film supporters, and Mr. Lewis decided to hold a press conference, should he clarify or stick to his views? The live broadcast will be broadcast below to clarify your doubts! "

Zhang Dongcheng and Adaman were taken aback at the same time, thinking in surprise. How fast is this Louis?

For a moment, the attention of both of them was attracted by the picture on the TV.

"Hello, friends from the press!" Louis appeared on the rostrum with a gloomy face. The screen was slightly shaken, which also showed that what was playing now was indeed a live broadcast.

"About those demonstrators asking me to apologize for Brokeback Mountain and director Smith Zhang, my answer is, never!" Louis said loudly.

"What kind of movie is Brokeback Mountain? Homosexuality! Regardless of Smith's so-called true love regardless of gender, all whitewashing and beautification can't cover up the dirty truth of this movie!" Louis said emotionally, waving his fists. .

Seeing his performance, Adaman whistled and said: "Wow, this guy looks like Hitler, but unfortunately he doesn't have Hitler's speech talent! What he said is even more rotten. Look at it The reaction of the reporters below is known, I am afraid that this Louis press conference will be messed up soon!"

Zhang Dongcheng nodded in deep agreement.

The movements and body language of Louis in the picture do have traces of imitating Hitler. But it is undeniable that Hitler's speech style is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

That guy who is like a big devil has fooled the whole of Germany into working for him, and what he relies on is his natural speech talent!

"The love affair between the two male protagonists in Wuluan Broken Arm Mountain is so touching. In my opinion, this is a vulgar romance movie, but the heroine is replaced by a male. A disgusting scene is staged. It’s just a story!” Louis’s face showed an obvious look of disgust.

"Homosexuality is an unhealthy sexual orientation. It violates human beings' concept of love and values ​​since ancient times! No matter how Smith whitewashes, it can't cover up all of this. Those who are attracted to Brokeback Mountain are either arranged by Smith. The plot is misleading, or it has the potential for homosexuality." Louis talked eloquently. "So, I will never apologize to someone I know is wrong because of a group of mentally abnormal guys. I love peace, but I insist on the truth!"

Just when Louis described himself as a fighter who upholds the truth, suddenly a boot flew up from below.

Louis, who didn't have time to react, took it as if he had been hit in the face by the stinky boot, staggered back a few steps, and sat down on the ground. God did not return to the country for a long time.

"Boss, are you alright?" Monroe took a tissue and quickly walked up to the rostrum to wipe the nosebleed that had flowed to his chin for Louis.

"Damn it!" Louis was completely irritated. He pushed Monroe away, pointed at the microphone with incomprehensible anger, pointed to the obvious shoe print on his cheek, and said, "Did you see it? Did you see it? This is what I like. The quality of the people on Brokeback Mountain! They deliberately returned the body of another person as a fool. Who lost this boot? Stand up and I will sue you!"

Because of emotional agitation, his blood was surging. Louis' nosebleeds flowed out again, looking in a panic.

"Haha..." Adaman laughed so hard that he almost fell to the ground. Clutching his stomach, he didn't even know where the half-smoked cigarette **** fell.

"This guy... this guy is so funny. He looks like a clown!"

Even Zhang Dongcheng was stunned by such a change, and it took a moment for him to burst into laughter.

Because Louis chose a press conference held in public, too many people came. However, there are no such perfect security measures in this place. If the person who threw his boots turned around and left immediately after throwing the boots out, even if Sherlock Holmes came, he might not be able to find the culprit.

Unless high-tech means are used to check all the residents of the United States, maybe the murderer can be found in this way.

But would anyone do that just for one boot?

Even though Louis was furious because of this boot, the final result still ended without a problem. The so-called sue you has become another joke!

This press conference not only did not achieve the effect Louis expected. On the contrary, because he was hit in the face with boots all the time, his nosebleeds, and his violent image became popular all over the United States.

Especially on the Internet, Louis has become the laughing stock of countless people.

Because Louis was injured, and there were shoe prints on his face that were gradually swollen, this press conference, of course, could only end in dismay.

Although the expected effect was not achieved, Louis was completely popular. And those who supported Brokeback Mountain, after receiving this news, laughed like crazy, and at the same time dispersed from outside his movie theater.

Canceled this gathering of demonstrations. It has to be admitted that Louis has made a mistake, although the plan of the speech made him make a fool of himself. But that was the end of the theater business troubles.

But Lewis' cinema has become famous because of it, when the public talks about his cinema. Always mention something like this.

"The movie theater you're talking about, isn't it the guy who got hit in the cheek with a boot, got a nosebleed, and is yelling to go to court?"

Although the original words are not the same, but the meaning is 100% close.

Brokeback Mountain was screened in an orderly manner amidst the constant criticism and praise of the controversy. The box office performance is also increasing day by day.

1998 passed silently. In this year, Zhang Dongcheng can be said to have gained a lot. He hadn't been back to China for two years, but when he was painting in secret, he planned to go back to China.

But because Monroe hyped up his scandal with Atlanta, Zhang Dongcheng had to go back to his alma mater in January 1999.

After Christmas, because of Brokeback Mountain's affairs, although there are still some people who jumped out to find fault, they couldn't have much impact on the movie.

Just after New Year's Day, Zhang Dongcheng began to prepare to salute, planning to go to England.

He hasn't seen Halliwell and Victoria for half a year or so. Going to the UK ahead of time is also planning to accompany the two girls for a while before the film school's celebration.

The so-called distance produces beauty, but when the distance of time and space grows gradually, even the most beautiful things will gradually fade.

Zhang Dongcheng didn't want the two girls to be abducted because he hadn't dated Halliwell and Victoria for a long time. He still remembers what happened to Beckham back then!

No man can happily wear a green hat on his head.

Of course, besides the first time, Zhang Dongcheng also needs to visit Orlando. See how he is doing now.

If because of Broken Arm Mountain, Orlando has completely embarked on the road of no return to picking up soap, then the sin of Dongcheng will be serious.

Because of receiving a call from Zhang Dongcheng, the cousin and aunt who planned to return to China stayed in England and waited for him for a while.

On January 3rd, 1999, when the release of Brokeback Mountain was still in full swing, Zhang Dongcheng and his party boarded the plane to the UK under the farewell of Adaman, Patricia, Rachel and others.

This time back to the UK, Zhang Dongcheng was accompanied by Jack, Jason Statham and others, because the company cannot do without high-level leaders, so Adaman had to stay in the United States.

"Jack, it seems like you haven't been back for a long time?" On the plane, Zhang Dongcheng suddenly turned and asked Jack beside him.

Speaking of which, Jack was the oldest among the people who followed Zhang Dongcheng to the United States to work hard. With more and more cooperation with Zhang Dongcheng, the two of them have become more and more tacit understanding.

A lot of media called Jack the queen cameraman of Zhang Dongcheng.

"Almost!" Jack showed a nostalgic expression, and said, "I went back after the shooting of the dark battle last time!"

It has been half a year since the secret war.

Zhang Dongcheng was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "Jack, have you ever thought about bringing your family to the United States? After all, our current focus of work is already in Hollywood. I believe that as long as we don't get stuck, we won't be able to come back. And judging by our current results, I'm afraid this will not happen again."

Jack heard the words, pondered for a moment, and said, "Let me think about it!"

"Haha..." Zhang Dongcheng waved his hand and said, "It depends entirely on your opinion. I just think it's a bit too hard to be separated from my family for such a long time. The educational environment and various facilities in the United States are better than those in the United Kingdom. , not bad, I think it is a good choice to settle in the United States!"

"I'll think about it!" Jack was obviously moved. In fact, according to the money they earn now, they can definitely enjoy a comfortable life in the United States.

However, Zhang Dongcheng has always arranged his work very tightly. This also led to the fact that those who worked with him had little time to think about their own family issues.

"Jason, what about you?" Zhang Dongcheng looked at Jason Statham, who had a big shaved head and looked like a gangster at first glance.

Jason has shaved his hair since filming The Mummy. After a while, he also began to get used to the bald life. In the later Matrix, there were only stubbles of embarrassing hair.

After the Mummy 1 and The Matrix two parts, Jason is now more and more big-name style.

Hearing Zhang Dongcheng's question, Jason thought for a moment and said, "I don't care."

Zhang Dongcheng still knows a little about Jason Statham.

His family environment is not very good. He is the second son in a family of former singers and tailors. When he was a child, Jason Statham was in charge of the "street theater" art operation on the streets of Oxford, London. "Street theater" is actually an illegal private transaction.

Therefore, his upbringing environment is very complicated. This also caused Jason's family to be rarely mentioned when several people were together.

"Okay." After seeing Jason's attitude, Zhang Dongcheng said: "After we go back this time, we will go back to our respective homes. Everyone has a two-week vacation. After that, you will return to the United States first, and I will participate in the London Forty-third anniversary of the Academy of Film. Might be delayed for a while!"

"OK!" Several people agreed in unison.

Jason smiled and said, "Smith, I heard that you are going to be a visiting professor at the London Film Academy? Is that so?"

Zhang Dongcheng laughed, this is definitely an honor for him. Although the London Film Academy is not comparable to some famous film schools in the United States, it is also a high-end institution that has been established for decades and has cultivated a large number of film talents.

Being a visiting professor of such a school, no matter how you look at it, Zhang Dongcheng has enough reasons to be proud.

"That's right!" Zhang Dongcheng nodded and said, "This is an invitation from my teacher, Mr. Hebrew!"

"Huh?" Jason Statham smirked and said, "So, Smith, what are you going to tell those children? Could it be Brokeback Mountain?"

The popularity of Brokeback Mountain during this time made these guys joke with Zhang Dongcheng about this topic from time to time.

But these people know the girls around Jang Dong-seong. While some may not be clear, Halliwell, Victoria and Patricia, they are there for all to see. Of course, I know that Zhang Dongcheng cannot be **** as the outside world says.

"****! Jason, you should shut up." Zhang Dongcheng laughed and cursed.

In the cabin, the beautiful voice of the flight attendant came.

"Passengers, please pay attention, the flight to the UK is about to take off, please fasten your seat belts..."

The plane lifted off slowly.

After several hours of flight, finally landed smoothly at the international airport in London, England.

In the waiting room of the airport. Victoria was wearing a beige down jacket with sunglasses on her face, and armed herself like an alien. Quietly waiting for Zhang Dongcheng's arrival.